I. Прочтите текст и постарайтесь понять его общее содержание:

LORD OF THE FLIES'

(an extract)

after William Golding

Once, when the family was moving from one town to the other, they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors. Of the succession of houses2 that Ralph had known, this one stood out with particular clarity because after that house he had been sent away to school. Mother had still been with them and Father had come home every day. Wild ponies came to the stone wall at the bottom of the garden, and it had snowed. Just behind the cottage there was a shed and you could lie up there, watching the flakes swirl past. You could see the damp spot where each flake died; then you could mark the first flake that lay down without melting and watch the whole ground turn white. You could go indoors when you were cold and look out of the window.

When you went to bed there was a bowl of cornflakes with sugar and cream. And the books-they stood on the shelf by the bed, leaning together with always two or three laid flat on the top3 because he had not bothered to put them back properly ... Everything was all right, everything was good-humoured and friendly.

Пояснения к тексту

1. "Lord of the Flies" - "Повелитель мух"

2. of the succession of houses ... - из всех домов (следующих друг за

другом), ...

3. leaning together with always two or three laid flat on the top - прислонясь

одна к другой, а две-три (книжки) всегда лежали сверху

2. Найдите в тексте предложение со сказуемым в страдательном залоге прошедшего совершенного времени (Past Perfect Passive); предложение переведите.

3. Выпишите из текста предложения с модальным глаголом, определите время сказуемого; предложения переведите.

IV. Перепишите предложения, вставляя вместо точек предлоги, данные ниже; предложения переведите:

1. The little house which they lived ... stood ... the edge ... the forest.

2. "Look the window," she cried, "it's snowing." 3. Children were

sent ... bed early. 4. All his books stood ... order ... the shelf ... his bed.

in, out, on, of, to, by

4. Найдите в тексте предложения с причастием I (Participle I); определите функцию причастия; предложения переведите.

VI. Определите по суффиксу часть речи следующих слов:

succession, particularly, clarity, dampness, whiteness, flatly, friendship

2. Найдите в тексте предложения с конструкцией there is /are, определите время сказуемого; предложения переведите.

VIII. Найдите в тексте ответы на следующие вопросы:

1. Why did Ralph remember clearly the cottage where he had lived with his family? 2. Who came to the stone wall of the garden? 3. What was there behind the cottage? 4. Where did Ralph's books stand?

IX. Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на выделенные слова:

1. This building houses all the new equipment. 2. New houses were built here only last year. 3. They always mark this very important event. 4. He got an excellent mark for his answer. 5. "Watch the dog, it can run away," he said. 6. My watch is ten minutes slow.

X. Сделайте письменный перевод текста .